Timor-Leste Decent Work Country Programme, 2008-2013

As a United Nations Specialized Agency, the ILO’s mandate is to promote opportunities for all women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. This Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) translates that mandate into the ILO’s contribution at country-level in Timor-Leste towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations Development Assistance Framework of 2009-2013 (UNDAF) and national development strategies.

The DWCP reflects the principles of the ILO Declaration on the Fair Globalization, endorsed by at the International Labour Conference in June 2008. It is a framework for resource mobilization, and for delivering coordinated support to advance decent work priorities in Timor-Leste. Reflecting the ILO’s tripartite constituents’ priorities, the DWCP provides a framework for the integration of the ILO’s contribution to national development initiatives, the identification of opportunities for United Nations joint programme development, and the promotion of decent work in the wider development and poverty alleviation context.